Predicting and Preventing Auto Accidents by Psychology
Dr. Walter V. Bingham and Dr. F. A. Moss discuss using psychology tests to screen drivers and gauge reaction times, eye hand coordination, and fear responses. They note guardrails for licensing, fatigue impacts, and that women are not more dangerous drivers with equal practice. A New York study of 28,444 accidents shows evening rush hour risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter V. Bingham
New York
Personal Research Federation
Moss
New York State
Watch Batteries Closely to Obtain Best Results
The article urges motorists to treat storage batteries like engines require regular fuel and lubrication. It explains indicators of battery health such as electrolyte specific gravity and the dangers of under or over charging, and warns against letting a battery go dry as a ruinous abuse.
Pneumatic-Tired Trucks Hang Spare Under Frame
The article explains a method to mount a spare tire under the frame behind the rear axle on pneumatic tired trucks. It notes chafing risks and recommends bolting two hardwood blocks to the carrier and using two leather straps at diagonal points plus a heavy chain with a padlock to secure the tire and deter theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Douglas
Raleigh, N. C
Popular Magazine
Motor Cars on Farms in Middle-Western States
Survey of farm-home conditions in sixteen middle western states shows over half of district women drive automobiles while most still draw water from wells outside the home. Few homes have kitchen sinks with drains, bathtubs are rare, washing machines exist in over forty percent, and farm power systems run washers in about seventeen percent. Only about eleven percent keep expenditure records.
Other Man Drives Your Car Better on a Hill
It discusses how a stranger driving your car often climbs hills more effectively by better timing of gas, while the owner may overfeed the engine. The piece explains how familiarity leads to unnecessary acceleration and explains the observed difference in performance on inclines.
Poultrymen Push Federal Standards For Accreditation
Poultrymen from the Middle West gathered in Chicago and urged the United States Department of Agriculture to grant federal recognition to the Manhattan plan. The plan seeks uniform rules for accrediting breeding flocks baby chicks and commercial hatcheries to end inconsistent state standards and misleading advertising. Dr M A Jull notes the department supports the move but lacks funds for a national inspection service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Middle West
Chicago
Manhattan
Kans
M. A. Jull
United States
Ducklings Fattened for Market Are Always Best
Ducklings destined for market are fattened for two weeks before slaughter using a mash diet. The preferred mix is three parts corn meal two parts low grade flour or middlings one part bran and a half part beef scrap with 3 percent grit and 10 percent green feed fed thrice daily.
Crops in Orchards Highlight Potatoes as Best Cover
In orchard farming potatoes emerge as the best crop to grow to protect soil. Tops cover the ground when sun is strongest, unlike winter grains that leave soil exposed and dry. If ground dries to roots, trees struggle, signaling need to replant new trees.
Cows Benefit From Grain During Varying Pasture Quality
The article argues a dairy cow needs grain when pasture is thin or midsummer grazing is scarce. A cow yielding about 35 pounds of milk daily requires roughly 150 pounds of grass, with grain helping maintain milk flow and future peak production. It endorses Corp as an excellent grain choice.
Cultivating Early Weeds and Seed Bed Prep
The article emphasizes preparing the seed bed to ensure germination and growth. It details deep plowing followed by harrowing within 24 hours, then mulching the surface, and using a weeder or harrow after rains to control weeds and maintain soil moisture and warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Hudson
North Carolina State College
Hudson
Soy Beans Prove Useful in Cattle Feeding Trials
Purdue University agricultural experiment station reports soy beans as a rapid front runner among farm crops for cattle feeds. Whole soy beans can replace cottonseed meal in a ration with shelled corn silage and clover hay for fattening two year old steers. Soybean hay also substitutes for cottonseed meal and clover hay when combined with silage and corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Experiment Station
Purdue University
Thinning Best For Fruitful Trees Says Old Guidance
The article explains thinning is preferable to pruning for most trees, noting sod-bound old trees require balancing feeding and fruiting. It warns some farmers over-prune or overfeed and asserts that fifteen to twenty cents' worth of nitrate yields more and better fruit than heavy top pruning.
Farm Facts and Practical Advice for Crops and Livestock
Practical guidance on farm care covers tractor maintenance time, salt for horses, egg selection and incubation, arsenic safety in sprays, common soil insects, buckwheat profitability, and a recommended soil phosphate rate of 150 to 200 pounds per acre for better yields.
Oklahoma oil firm probes fossils in government sands
An Oklahoma oil company sends a geologist to the National Museum to study fossils taken from government oil bearing sands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Oil Company
National Museum
Pinchot Designs New Split Bamboo Fishing Rod
Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania designs an improved nine foot split bamboo fishing rod in three sections. Weighing six and a quarter ounces, the rod is suited for casting weighted lures like small plugs feathered minnows and frogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy. Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pearls Dive Inspires Cautious Imagination
A reflective note contrasts Dryden’s pearl diving with cautious guessing, warning against assuming beyond readable facts and urging restraint in judgments.
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Bingham
Hoover
F. A. Moss
George Washington University
Doctor Bingham
Eineron
Vintage
Lancaster
Il.a
Morris Roseman
University of California Agricultural College
Dayton
Ohio
Cadillac
General Motors
Delco
General
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Oakland
Houston
Society For the Protection of Fathers
Houston Post-Dispatch
Dryden
Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
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